On This Day for April 25 - Hubble Space Telescope sent into orbit, Al Pacino is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. April 25 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Al Pacino READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1990 Hubble Space Telescope sent into orbit READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2015: A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck near Kathmandu, Nepal, causing widespread damage and killing several thousand. [ Watch a video about Nepal's recovery from the earthquake of 2015.] 2014: In a cost-saving measure, the water supply of Flint, Michigan, was switched from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Flint River, causing a public health crisis as residents were exposed to dangerously high levels of lead. 1995: American dancer and actress Ginger Rogers, who starred with Fred Astaire in 10 popular Hollywood musicals, died in California. [ Take our women in classic cinema quiz.] 1915: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landed at Gallipoli in western Turkey during the Dardanelles Campaign of World War I. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about World War I.] 1908: Edward R. Murrow, a radio and television broadcaster who was the most influential and esteemed figure in American broadcast journalism during its formative years, was born in North Carolina. 1874: Guglielmo Marconi , an Italian physicist who invented a successful system of radio telegraphy (1896) and received the Nobel Prize for Physics (1909), was born. [Take our quiz about inventors and their inventions.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1940 Al Pacino American actor 1932 Meadowlark Lemon American basketball player 1599 Oliver Cromwell English statesman 1976 Tim Duncan American basketball player 1917 Ella Fitzgerald American singer 1284 Edward II king of England SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help